Mar. 30, 2015
07:43 am JST

This is the cutting edge of the cutting edge,a huge flash light for a huge muon camera. They'll get it working, eventually, and I bet it can have many other applications, besides looking for melted nuclear fuel... An impressive feat from Toshiba.

Mar. 30, 2015
12:43 pm JST

Mar. 30, 2015
01:14 pm JST

All reporters got to see was the huge equipment, metal with lots of wirings and blinking little lights, in a giant garage-like building, and on its side, not straight up as it would be when put to use at the plant.

Mar. 30, 2015
02:30 pm JST

Apr. 2, 2015
12:14 am JST

jerseyboyMAR. 30, 2015 - 11:05AM JST
But a programming glitch could not be fixed in time for Friday’s demonstration at Toshiba’s research center, near Tokyo, to show any image, even a mock-up, from the muons.

A perfect microcosm of the entire four-year clean-up effort. But, hell, what's another 500 million yen compared to the huge amount that has already been wasted?

True, the amount wasted on paying for the EXTRA petro-carbon needed because the other nuclear plants were hysterically shut down is grotesque. Japan would benefit by turning them all back on NOW and using the money saved (~3X the clean-up effort so far) to make the most needed changes first (FLEX system) and also speed the Fukushima clean-up.

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